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WMD awareness training: Robert Holt, director of the Office of Campus Safety at Ithaca College, and Curtis Ostrander, interim director of the Cornell Campus Police, have announced they will be hosting a one-day course dealing with Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Awareness training. It will be held on the Ithaca College campus in the Emerson Suites of Phillips Hall Wednesday, April 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This course has been designed for all campus public safety personnel who might participate in response to a WMD incident. Upon successful completion, participants will receive a certificate of attendance and documentation for Continuing Education units. This training is funded by a grant from the federal Department of Homeland Security. There will be a $15 charge for lunch and coffee breaks For more information, contact Sgt. Phil Mospan at 255-8952 or pdm3@cornell.edu.

Hans Bethe DVD now available: The Cornell Store is offering "Quantum Physics Made Relatively Simple:Personal and Historical Perspectives of Hans Bethe," now available on DVD for $19.95. Get a copy at the book information desk or order it by e-mail at store@cornell.edu. A lower-resolution streaming video is available online at http://bethe.cornell.edu. Several additional streaming videos of Bethe's lectures and interviews will be posted at http://ifup.cit.cornell.edu/bethe/ within the next two weeks.